<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A platform can concentrate opportunity, but it... > A platform can concentrate opportunity, but it cannot substitute for participation. Open doors, publishing tools, shared audiences, and technical systems remain inert until people submit work, respond to one another, and carry useful material beyond the room where it began. Infrastructure multiplies conduct; it does not replace it. **Source:** [[livestreams/Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity - Workbook|Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A platform can concentrate opportunity, but it cannot substitute for participation. Open doors, publishing tools, shared audiences, and technical systems remain inert until people submit work, respond to one another, and carry useful material beyond the room where it began. Infrastructure multiplies conduct; it does not replace it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-platform-concentrate-opportunity-multiplies-conduct-replace ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->